Motor racing-Verstappen says Austin circuit’s bumpy ride gets his back up

By Alan Baldwin AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 23 (Reuters) Max Verstappen fears the bumpy ride at Austin s Circuit of the Americas is out of control and could do long-term damage to his spine. Red Bull s four-time world champion joked to reporters after he won the Singapore Grand ​Prix, the race before Austin, that he would probably need to order a new spine ‌for the race at the Circuit of the Americas and become like Robocop . The Dutch driver returned to the theme on arrival in Texas by emphasising it was a serious concern. I was joking about that, of course, in the last race. But it s not really a joke to be honest, because we mentioned this already for years that it s actually getting ‌a ​bit out of control, he said. The 29-year-old said that last year, ⁠in a race he won, he ⁠had pulled 5-6 G-force in some corners and put more than 9G on his spine in vertical load. Especially the older you get, you think about that more and more, he said. That s not what you want. And with these car